Renewable Energy
What is renewable energy?
Here in New Zealand we are lucky enough to have 40% of our electricity produced by renewable energy.
Renewable energy is energy derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed. Sunlight and wind, for example, are such sources that are constantly being replenished.
Renewable energy sources are plentiful and all around us.
It makes sense to us here at Pipeline to invest (if you are able) in renewable energy heat sources as the heart of your Central Heating system.
What renewable energy heat sources are available in NZ?
Air to water heat pumps
The most common known renewable energy heat source is New Zealand is Air to Water heat pumps.
Fully electric so that means all you need to run the heating source is electricity.
It is the same refrigeration technology that most Kiwi's are used to with the air-to-air heat pumps that are so popular.
Air-to-water heat pumps put the energy into the water that is then used in the pipework and radiators to warm your home rather than blowing air around the home.
Pellet Boilers
For a central heating option with low environmental impact the pellet boiler brings you both high performance and ease of use.
Wood pellets are produced from waste product from the forestry industry which makes this an awesome renewable energy heat source.
Using a waste product is ingenious!
They work by burning the pellets and use the resulting heat to heat the water that circulates though the pipework and radiators.
The future of replacing natural gas with Hydrogren gas
What does ‘Hydrogen blend ready’ mean? Nearly all gas appliances that are in use today, including our Bosch boilers, are able to run on a mixture of hydrogen and natural gas.
The development of hydrogen-fired boilers will mean millions of existing heating systems (worldwide) in our homes can be saved, rather than the entire system needing to be replaced.
The beauty of hydrogen as an alternative to natural gas is that as well the gas network is also in place, so homeowners won’t experience any major infrastructure disruption.
With fully developed prototypes, various trials planned and many heating engineers and manufacturers in agreement that this could be a viable solution to decarbonize heating and hot water, we are hopeful that the future will be hydrogen.
